Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo sat happily in the cockpit of Megas, enjoying their lunches. School had let out early that day, making a most enjoyable start to the weekend. Megas was currently parked in the new barn, which was big enough for Megas to stand at ground level in, and the roof was designed to flip open and shut to let Megas fly in and out without causing damage. Kiva was on the uppermost floor in the back of the barn, where any noise the Crusaders made - short of activating Megas - wouldn't disturb her as she read through the books she had borrowed from Twilight on Equestrian laws and culture. She was attempting to familiarize herself with the world she'd found herself stuck on for the foreseeable future, as she was no longer in any sort of rush to leave.
"So what are we going to do over the weekend?" Apple Bloom asked her fellow Crusaders.
"More Crusading, probably," Sweetie Belle replied. "I mean, Scootaloo and I still need our Cutie Marks."
"Maybe we could figure out how to use Megas to get our Cutie Marks!" Scootaloo suggested, looking over the controls eagerly.
"Unlikely," Sweetie pointed out. "If you haven't got a piloting Cutie Mark yet, you probably won't be getting one. Besides, I really don't want a Cutie Mark in being a glorified battery!" She gestured to the hole marked 'Horn goes here!'
Scootaloo grumbled, turning her back.
"How come you want Megas related Cutie Marks, anyway?" Apple Bloom asked. "I mean, I know Megas is awesome and all, but-"
"It's not that," Scootaloo interrupted, not meeting their eyes.
"Then what is it?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"It's...never mind. It's stupid." Scootaloo glanced back towards her friends, seeing they were still staring at her. "Alright. It's that story Pinkie Pie told us about how she got her Cutie Mark."
"Huh?" both fillies asked in confusion.
"She grew up on a rock farm, lived a good portion of her life there, and had friends and family there...but then she got her Cutie Mark in throwing parties. There wasn't a real place for a party pony there, so she had to leave to explore her talent...leaving behind everypony she knew there...and now the only one from that part of her life she still connects with is her sister." Scootaloo frowned, blinking her eyes against incipient moisture. "If...if we get our Cutie Marks in different things, then we'll have to pursue those talents...which will pull us in different directions...away from each other." She sniffled, turning away so they wouldn't see tears in her eyes. "But if all our Cutie Marks have to do with Megas, then we'll always stay together...always be a team...always be friends..."
Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle's eyes were wide as they stared at their friend. Within moments, the two had piled onto her for a group hug, one that she did not resist.
"What genuine emotion," a voice spoke from nearby. "It warms my heart."
All three fillies spun to the source of the voice. What they saw left them all staring.
"It's...a giant floating human head," Apple Bloom said slowly.
"With tiny little arms and legs," Scootaloo added. "It's so..."
"Cute!" Sweetie Belle squealed.
Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and the floating head stared at her in shock. The head finally broke the silence. "Ahem. At any rate, my name is Magnanimous. I'm sure you've-"
"Then you have presents for us?" Sweetie Belle asked.
Magnanimous blinked at the seeming non-sequitur. "No, I don't have presents for you. As I was saying-"
"Lock on that target, Scootaloo!" Sweetie said quickly. Scootaloo grabbed the controls and leveled one of Megas' arms at Magnanimous, a large laser cannon popping out to lock onto him.
Magnanimous floated back in shock and confusion. "Now what's all this then?" he inquired in concern.
"Magnanimous is synonymous with generous," Sweetie explained. "But you aren't very generous."
"And in Equestria, your name is either synonymous or antonymous with your nature," Scootaloo explained. "So your name means-"
"I'm pretty sure you mean antithetical," Sweetie interrupted. "I don't think antonymous is a word."
"It so totally is!" Scootaloo countered.
"Prove it!" Sweetie challenged.
Apple Bloom pulled out a dictionary, flipping through the 'A's. "Umm, Sweetie? Scootaloo's right. It is a word."
"Wow," Sweetie admitted. "Learn something new every day." (1)
Magnanimous glanced from one filly to another, trying to figure out some way to seem generous to them. "Umm...I have some candy for good little girls?" he offered.
The three fillies gasped. "Stranger Danger!" Sweetie Belle shouted, as Scootaloo leveled a great deal more weaponry at the floating head.
"Kiva!" Apple Bloom shouted. "A F.A.G. is offering us candy! Should we blow him up?"
"What did you call me?" Magnanimous bridled.
"A Freaky Alien Genotype," Sweetie Belle explained. "F.A.G."
"Oh," he replied, feeling foolish.
Kiva came out from the back of the barn, rubbing her head as she hopped into the back seat of Megas' cockpit. "What's going on here?" she asked, glaring from the CMC to Magnanimous.
"My name is Magnanimous," the floating head replied quickly. "I was attempting to recruit these youngsters - specifically their giant war mech - to fight in the Tournament I sponser, but we got sidetracked into a discussion of naming conventions, and I offered them candy in an attempt to prove I was generous so they wouldn't blow me up under the assumption I was villainous."
Kiva stared for a time as she tried to make sense of it. Finally, she spoke up. "Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo...the convention of names reflecting either personality or abilities of the bearer isn't very prevalent out in space."
"Oh," the three fillies intoned in unison. Scootaloo lowered Megas' weapons.
"What's this about a tournament?" Kiva asked curiously.
Magnanimous smiled. "I happen to run a very impressive fighting tournament, where war machines from all across the galaxy compete to see which is the strongest and who is the best pilot. There are astounding prizes for the victors, and fame and eternal glory for the one who fights through to become...the champion!"
"Champion..." Scootaloo breathed, her eyes sparkling.
Kiva rubbed her chin in thought. "Hmm...this does seem like it could be good training for you three in controlling Megas, and getting you used to other methods of fighting." She looked up at Magnanimous. "Give us the coordinates. We can be there tomorrow shortly after dawn local time...but we'll need to leave to make it home in time for bedtime for these three."
Magnanimous blinked a bit, not expecting conditions such as this. However, he soon smiled. "Certainly. I shall expect you then...assuming their parents give permission?"
"I think I can talk them around," Kiva commented drily.
"Then tomorrow it is!" Magnanimous affirmed. "Until then, young gladiator!" he proclaimed, saluting Scootaloo before flying off into space.
Sweetie Belle grinned as she stared down at the coordinates that had been transmitted to Megas' nav computer.
Apple Bloom groaned. "Applejack's never gonna agree to this."
Nope, joke still works but has been for the lack of a better term, repurposed
Dictionaries know too much that they forget. If that makes sense. And holy cow is that barn tall to fit in Megas while standing. And apparently with weapons drawn too. Glorft technology folks, makes everything fit better
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Or, the barn is a TARDIS, bigger on the inside. Meaning someone in the apple family is a Time Pony.
5202858 Either that or a really talented interior designer
MY SIDES!
These lines made my sides hurt from laughing, very well done. I'm glad the CMC won't fall for the 'Stranger offers candy' ploy.
And if Maganimous tries the same tricks on the CMC as he did on Coop... good lord they're going to wreck his stuff even more than Coop did. Plus, if the Mane 6 were to come and watch... I can just see Twilight levitating a giant mech and doing this:
While the rest of the Mane 6 help wreck the place.
This was great! I can't wait for the next one to get out.
Loved the TFS reference.
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As in when in the show?
Post flight to the finish, bare minimum. I haven't decided if it's post Tirek yet.
...Hmm...Megas vs Tirek beatdown...
Gotta say, the silly mechanized hijinks was already priceless with the original. Combining that with the CMC will make people laugh to death. Actually... you may wanna put a disclaimer up.
Also, so totally worth any hate you get for this joke. Too damn funny.
Awesome story this is. Never got to see the ending of the original Megas XLR but this story seems to run parallel with the series but with ponies. Kind of a sequel but it's very fun regardless. Unlike other bad writers, their personalities or stereotypes don't conflict with the story you're trying to pose here. I'm personally surprised this hasn't gotten more views/likes. I guess Megas XLR isn't a well-liked show.
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More likely not well known.
You specialize in awesome crossovers, don't you?
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Actually, I looked it up on the wiki. It's Onderu.
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Well, apparently, we're looking at different wikis. The Megas XLR wiki says it's 'Andru'
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Link please?
5705426 Here you go.
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Thanks. Edited.
5708630 No problem.
A Freaky Alien Genotype," Sweetie Belle explained. "F.A.G."
Hahaha!
first gear, definition:
n.
The first gear of an engine, which provides the lowest output speed and greatest mechanical advantage.
5742515 WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Do I get prize?
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Yes.
You get an imaginary cookie.
5747145 And you get a sugar cookie rivaling Pinkie's cupcakes.
my childhood returned.
5205425 This... Make it happen.
Don't worry, you're more Jamie then anything else... keep that up and you might get your cutie mark in sardonic wit.
I hope this one comes back, it's a fantastic crossover and just crazy enough!
6867056 does this mean there might be an update to this fic at some point?????
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Actually, looking back, I see I wrote this having the crystal castle...so it's post Tirek.
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I am giving serious consideration to putting this fic into the update schedule.
The only question is where.
6867071 Well, how many more fics do you plan to do???? If two of your current work load might be done soon, please put this in one of the slots.
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I currently have seven stories in my update schedule.
Of the seven, "Another Hatchling" and "The Sparkle in His Eye" are the closest to completion. "Another Hatchling" has two and a half more games to go through, plus interlude chapters, plus post games original content. "The Sparkle In His Eye" has two and a half more games to go through, plus interlude chapters, plus post game continuity exploration.
...I think "Sparkle" will probably reach conclusion first.
6867078 Well, you have been doing tons of PWNY stuff, maybe once you get all the Mane 6 out of the way taking a break and going back to this one would be a good way to build up ideas for the PWNY mega story.
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Actually, given the length of the games involved...
Heart of the Dragon General is probably the next 'to be completed' story.
Is a shame this fic was discontinued. The fact the CMC live on Equestria instead of Earth adds variety and I can totally see them for example, disturbing Grogar tomb.
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The story isn't discontinued. It's just not actively being updated. There's a difference.
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Is kind of funny you can write like five updates for five stories in ten days but some of your stories aren't "actively being updated" for two years.
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I write 12 chapters a week - two each to six stories - based on what I'm actively writing, because that's how my writing system works.
Yet you still have stories that have not been updated in ages.
How does that even work? Do you just get bored? I mean you barely have the excuse of not being inspired when the fanfic is heavily adapting an existing work.
I tend to delete or scrap way more than I end publishing. Sometimes a chapter of merely 3.000 words demanded that I wrote about 10.000 words to get to the those 3.000 publishable words.
Heck Pony Trigger demanded so many rewrites due to reasons and the fusion on Equestria and the game ended getting so complicated that if it wasn't because I loved the idea of Princess Fluttershy and the Dragon Tank fight I would have deleted the whole thing.
*insert bla bla bla here*
Anyway while I might not always agree with the direction your stories take, you are a good writer.
*Goes back to write Lunar Replacement, expects readers rage when the chapter gets published due to reasons*
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I'm inspired to write different stories at different times. I also base my choice of writing based on what my readers vote when I hold polls.
For example, next time I hold a poll to fill a slot asking whether my readers want me to start a new PWNY story, start a new non-PWNY story, or continue an incomplete story, this is the story slotted for the incomplete slot.
Also, different stories require me to be in a different mental or emotional state to write. If I can't get into that state, I can't write that story.
As for stories that haven't been updated in forever, "Breath of Dragons 2" - one of my stories that's gone the longest without an update - was updated just last Saturday.
Is a shame this story isn't winning the pool. But then the one winning has W40K and Discord on it. Plus is been years and a lot of voters might not even have a clue about what the heck this story is about.
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Not W40K, Oblivion.
Funny
So will this be continued?
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Eventually.
Old fic before 9 of 10 fics Tatsu did were "Insert baby pony in X universe"... ah how I miss this.
I would love to see the intro for this if it was a show, god it would be awesome if someone animated it
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Living in Equestria
Fighting villains near and far
You gotta find first gear
In your GIANT ROBOT CAR!
Fillies! Dig! Giant Robots!
Colts! Dig! Giant Robots!
Bronies! Dig! Giant Robots!
Friends! Dig! Giant Robots!
*music approaches climax*
Megas CMC, YAY!
Why do I feel that they might be right about the name, anyway?
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o/~ I used to wonder what mecha could be
'til Megas came from the Everfree!
Big-ass battles,
tons of guns,
irresistible force, did we mention guns?
Blazing weapons, huge metal feet,
car for a head makes it complete!
My giant robot,
my giant robot,
BWAAAAAARM,
You know we have a giant roboooooooot.... o/~
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Someone needs to turn this into an actual song now!!